“In response to the escalation of violence in eastern Ukraine Russian President Vladimir Putin slammed Kiev on Thursday saying that the use military force against the civilian population is a serious crime which makes Kiev authorities a junta.

Russias UN envoy Vitaly Churkin pointed out in an interview to Rossiya 1 channelon Friday that if the violence in the southeast of Ukraine doesn't stop, Russia will call a special session of the UN Security Council.”

“Russian RIA Novosti reports that it has received satellite photos, “which clearly show the accumulation of a large number of Ukrainian military equipment and weapons on the border with the Russian Federation and in the vicinity of Slavyasnk.” RIA cites a source in the Defense Ministry, who commented that the pictures show a military formation designed “to wipe out the city and all its inhabitants from the face of the earth.” According to source, the group has more than 15,000 troops from the Ukraine army and national guard, about 160 tanks, 230 infantry fighting vehicles and APCs, and as much as 150 mortars, howitzers and multiple launch rocket systems (”Grad” and “Smerch”).”

Ruffians landed from a helicopter? Vladimir, I understand what you’re doing, but this is absurd. Your average, or above-average, paramilitary doesn’t have access to that sort of transportation or expertise. It makes you look bad.

As far as the US goes—I’m less concerned than most, despite the Munich analogies. Here’s a future history analogy—in 20 years, with our current open borders, a big chunk of one of our southwestern states may declare their independence from the US and preference for Mexico. I would hope we’d react strongly, and if we did, that we’d be upset enough and determined enough that the Russians would recognize the futility of interfering across an intervening ocean.

The reverse is our position now—reckless expansion of NATO to territories it wasn’t really willing to fight to defend, and where it was to overextended and weak to defend. Our power is not limitless, especially with the steady cuts to our military. Neither is our obligation to shoulder the heavy lifting for Europe in exchange for their sending token expeditions to Iraq and other US-dominated actions.

And Benghazi. The video did it!. Even the CIA, Defense, and the State Department went along with the “terrible video” story. It wasn’t a terrorist attack, but regular Muslims upset about a video. The admin even spent money to apologize about the video. Yes, I do have trouble accepting what this administration and all its “Yes Sir” men say.

Whether Russia is lying or not, I thought it was worthwhile to show what the Russians are saying. We are close to war.

The man the Ukrainians threw out was democratically elected. We are supporting the side that overthrew the legitimate government. They said he was corrupt. Should we have really sided with either side?

Crimea was given to the Ukraine by Khrushchev to entice them to join the USSR. From what I understand, the majority in East Ukraine are Russian speaking and so is the Crimea. The overthrown government recognized the Russian language, the new government said Russian would no longer be acceptable to conduct business.

I forgot about the SEAL Team 6. Who would have ever expected the Vice President and the Secretary of Defense to release classified information and let the Muslims know that it was SEAL Team 6 who took out Bin Laden. Most of this team was then killed in a poorly thought out Afghanistan mission (a Muslim chaplain was allowed to pray over their bodies and condemned them to hell.) At the last minute the Afghans that were scheduled to be on this raid were swapped out for 7 other Afghans (suicide mission).

“At least 1m firearms ranging from first world war machine guns to Soviet-era Kalashnikovs stored at Volodarsky salt mine

Situation in Ukraine’s Donetsk Region
People outside an ammunition depot at Volodarsky mine. The sign reads: ‘We are for a peace/world without war.’

When pro-Russia protesters stormed a police station in Slavyansk, in eastern Ukraine, they seized several hundred firearms. They also took control of the biggest weapons cache in eastern Europe, which lies beneath their feet.

Since March a group of protesters have been guarding the entrance to the Volodarsky salt mine, which holds an underground collection of at least a million firearms ranging from first world war heavy machine guns to Soviet-era Kalashnikovs.”

Rossiya Segodnya (official name: Federal State Unitary Enterprise International Information Agency Rossiya Segodnya; from Russian: Россия Сегодня, Russia Today) is the official Russian government owned international news agency founded by presidential decree on 9 December 2013. Rossiya Segodnya incorporates the former RIA Novosti news service and the Voice of Russia international radio service (formerly Radio Moscow).

The President of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, has assembled an emergency meeting in Grozny in connection with complication and genocide to the South-East of Ukraine!

In connection with the above, he States and 72 hours period gives the Kiev authorities put an end to all violence in the Southeast, otherwise, the Chechen Republic enters on the South-East its military special forces, the unofficial name of the death squad.

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